Measuring device.



G. J. GILLETTE. MEASURING DEVIGIVE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8', 1910.

Patented Nov. 15,1910.

CHARLES J. GILLETTE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

MEASURING DEVICE.

To all whom it may nor/warn:

Be'it known that I, CHARLES J. GILLETITE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at lVa-shington, in the District of Columbia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Measuring Devices, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dry measures and, particularly, to that classof measuring devices which are adapted for measuring a dose of granularsalts and the like.

My invention comprises a dose-measuring device consisting of anopen-ended tubular member bent intermediate of its ends to provide twoportions 'angularly arranged relatively to each other, the walls of thebent portion thereof being ang-ulated to provide means for segregatingthe substance to be measured.

It is a recognized fact that, where certain substances, such as granularsalts similar to those frequently administered to persons suffering fromheadache, etc., are dispensed at soda-water fountains in drug-stores,and the like, the dispenser measures the dose with a spoon andfrequently permits too great a quantity of the substance to pass out ofthe bottle containingthe granular substance. As a result, theadministration of the salts amounts to an overdose. In this way, thesalts have a harmful effect, rather than beneficial, and, besides, thereis necessarily a great waste resulting therefrom. Where :as many asfifty bottles of the salts are used in one day, the quantity wastedbecomes an important consideration. To the end, therefore, that apredetermined quantity may be measured, and no more, I have devised thedevice shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is an elevational view illustrating a bottle with mydose-measuring device applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevationshowing the bottle turned upside down by being moved in acounter-clockwise direction; Fig. 3 is a similar View showing the bottlebeing returned to upright position by being moved in a clockwisedirection; Fig. 4: is a similar View of the same showing the substancein the dose-measuring device sepa-' rated, one part falling back intothe bottle and the other falling into one of the angular portions of thedevice; and Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation, on an enlarged scale, of mydevice detached from the bottle.

In these drawings, in which the preferred Specification .of Letterslatent.

Application filed June 8, 1910.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910..

Serial No. 565,768.

embodiment of my device is exemplified, it is illustrated as consistingof a tubular member bent intermediate of its ends to provide twoportions A and B. These two portions are, as shown, angularly arrangedrelatively to each other. By preference, the portion of the device whichcomprises the bend is of sectional arrangement, consisting of thesections a, a, and a constituting parts of the portlon A, and b, bconstituting parts of the portion B.

In constructing this device, the various portions thereof may beseparately made and suitably joined; or the entire structure may beappropriately formed with all the parts integral one with the other. Thedevice may be cast or formed by dies; or otherwise given the requiredformation.

The portion A is to be inserted in an opening in the cork, though it mayof course be inserted into the neck of the bottle; or it may otherwisebe secured to the bottle in any appropriate manner.

Preferably mounted on the portion B is a closure-device C, the samebeing attached to or mounted on a stem 0 rotatably supported in abracket 0 so as to turn on its longitudinal axis, and which stem is.controlled by a spiral spring 0 Normally, the spring will hold theclosure-device C in closed position. By turning the stem 0, the closureis moved away from the discharge end of the portion B to substance heldtherein.

In practice, it has been found that, after the bottle is moved, in acounter-clockwise direction, from the position illustrated in Fig. l, tothe position illustrated in Fig. 2 and then returned toward the uprightpositlon, in a clockwise direction, the substance or material will havemoved into the tubular member, as illustrated in Fig. l. As the device,in its clockwise return movement, is moving to the position illustratedin Fig. 4, the angular walls of the bend (as illustrated in Fig. 5),will have operated to divide the substance, so that one portion fallsback into the bottle. The length of the bent portionprovides justsufficient area to measure the required quantity which, usually, is ateaspoonful. The essence of my invention is, therefore, to provide anangulated chamber, intermediate of the ends of the tubular member, andsomewhat removed from the discharge end thereof, of predetermined lengthand area to effect the measpermit release of the I uring of the materialor substance contained within the bottle and discharge therefrom intothe tubular member. It is to be understood that the portion 6 of themember B, in conjunction with the closure 0, does not efiect themeasuring; but that such measuring is accomplished, as stated, in thechamber formed by the portions a, a and Z). The closure-device C issimply to retain the substance after it falls into the portion b anduntil it is desired to release the same into a glass or the like.

While I have herein described the details of my invention, it isnevertheless to be understood that the invention does not reside in suchdetails except in so far as the same are specified in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, its construction and its mode ofoperation, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A dose-measuring device consisting of a tubular member bentintermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portions angularlyarranged relatively to each other, the walls of the bend thereof beingelongated and comprising a plurality of relatively angulated deflectingsurfaces to provide means for measuring and dividing the sub stance tobe used.

2. A dose-measuring device consisting of an open-ended tubular memberbent intermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portionsangularly arranged relatively to each other, the walls of the bendthereof being elongated and comprising a plurality of relativelyangulated deflecting surfaces to provide means for measuring anddividing the substance to be used.

3. A dose-measuring device consisting of an open-ended tubular memberbent intermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portionsangularly arranged relatively to each other, the walls of the bendthereof being elongated and comprising a plurality of relativelyangulated deflecting surfaces to provide means for measuring anddividing the substance to be used, and a closure device mounted at oneend of said tubular member and manually operable for releasing themeasured substance.

4:. A dose-measuring device consisting of an open-ended tubular memberbent intermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portionsangularly arranged relatively to each other, the walls of the bendthereof being elongated and comprising a plurality of relativelyangulated deflecting surfaces to provide means for measuring anddividing the substance to be used, and a spring controlled closuredevice mounted at one end of said tubular member and manually operablefor releasing the measured substance.

5. A dose-measuring device consisting of a tubular. member bentintermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portions angularlyarranged relatively to each other and comprising two end chambers and anintermediate chamber formed with walls provided with a plurality ofrelatively angulated deflecting surfaces to constitute means fordividing and measuring the substance in passing from the inlet chamberto the discharge-chamber.

6. A dose-measuring device consisting of a tubular member bentintermediate of its ends to provide a plurality of portions angularlyarranged relatively to each other and comprising two end chambers and anintermediate chamber formed with walls provided with a plurality ofrelatively angulated deflecting surfaces to constitute means fordividing and measuring the substance in passing from the inlet chamberto the discharge-chamber, and a movable closure for saiddischarge-chamber.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

E. H. PARKINS, JAMES ATKINS.

